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Louis Doyle KC
Position
Louis Doyle KC is a commercial silk with a particular expertise and reputation and extensive experience in insolvency and insolvency-related work, the latter commonly involving commercial claims litigated under the procedural umbrella of a formal insolvency.
Career
Admitted a solicitor 1994. Called to the Bar (Lincoln’s Inn) 1996. Attorney General Panel 2001-2007. Established Kings Chambers Wellbeing 2017. Silk 2020. Called to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands 2021. Also associate tenant and instructed via 9, Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn.
Memberships
Insolvency Lawyers Association (full member)
R3 (full member)
Chancery Bar Association
Committee Member, Northern Chancery Bar Association
Committee Member, Northern Commercial Bar Association
Professional Negligence Bar Association
Advocate (formerly the Bar Pro Bono Unit)
Education
Degree: LLB (CNAA), LLM (Birmingham)
Admitted as a solicitor in 1994
Year of Call: 1996 (Lincoln’s Inn)
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Company and insolvency
Kings Chambers ‘is the leading set for insolvency work in the North West’ and its members have expertise in handling complex and high-value unfair prejudice actions and shareholder disputes, as well as insolvency-related matters, acting for office holders, companies, directors and debtors. Lesley Anderson KC is head of the set’s business and property group, which also includes Andrew Grantham KC, who is active in matters regarding just and equitable winding-up petitions, derivative actions, and disputes concerning share sales and title to shares, and he acted for the respondent in PSV 1982 Ltd v Langdon, the leading case on two issues concerning s217 of the Insolvency Act. In Waldron v Waldron, David Casement KC successfully defended the respondent against allegations of breaches of fiduciary duty and unfair prejudice in a dispute between family shareholders in a construction company. Louis Doyle KC has a track record of offshore work, as does Paul Chaisty KC.